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04Nov

Free goodies on Election Day - the other perks to voting

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…The poll worker may not even ask you for an ID [seriously disturbing...seriously], the amendments may sound like they were written by a 5th grader with a thesaurus but no dictionary, and you may not even be entirely 100% certain which is the lesser of two evils…but the democratic process–and the promise it holds– is [...]

Categories: Community, Food, Politics
21Aug

Simple Steps to Frugal Health and Fitness

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This is a guest post by Chris from Zen to Fitness.
Health and fitness are too often shunned or put off due to the misconception that things like a gym, vitamins, and expensive super-foods are needed to live a healthy lifestyle, build muscle and look good. This post will cover a few tips on how to [...]

Categories: Exercise, Food, Guest Authors
09Jul

Six simple (and cheap) summer date ideas

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Much of the time my wife and I want to go on a date but aren’t sure what to do. Both being as indecisive as we are, we usually end up not doing anything. Now that I think about that, it’s a real shame. Hopefully this will help others in a similar predicament. Here are [...]

Categories: Family, Food, Simple Pleasures
20Jun

9 simple ways to prepare for an emergency

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Severe flooding in the Midwest, earthquakes in Japan, fatal tornadoes in the southern states…maybe it’s me, but it seems that these disasters are happening more often and in more diverse places than ever before. That makes it all the more important to be prepared for an emergency because in all reality an emergency in your [...]

23Apr

8 ways to make dinner time, quality time

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Dinner is generally the only meal a family can spend together as school and work often mean everyone leaves the house at different times in the morning and lunch obviously isn’t an option. But dinner, ah yes, dinner… everyone is home and has an opportunity to spend some time together before departing separate ways for [...]

Categories: Family, Food, Home, Simple Pleasures